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enA Hitchhiking Robot's Journey West Ends Early... In Philadelphiahttp://ripr.org/post/hitchhiking-robots-journey-west-ends-early-philadelphia
After a bunch of really nice humans helped a hitchhiking robot traverse the length of Canada and most of Germany, the robot was going to try to make it from Massachusetts all the way to California.<p>HitchBOT is the brainchild of two Canadian social scientists.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:25:00 +0000Eyder Peralta54643 at http://ripr.orgA Hitchhiking Robot's Journey West Ends Early... In PhiladelphiaMexican Photojournalist Found Dead In Country's Capital http://ripr.org/post/mexican-photojournalist-found-dead-countrys-capital
A Mexican photojournalist, who worked for, among others, the investigative outfit <em>Proceso</em>, has been found dead along with four other people at an apartment in the country's capital.<p><a href="http://www.articulo19.org/asesinan-al-fotoperiodista-ruben-espinosa-en-df-habia-salido-de-veracruz-por-amenazas/">According to Article 19</a>, a group that advocates for press freedom, Rubén Espinosa is the 88th journalist killed in Mexico.<p>But this death is different.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:22:00 +0000Eyder Peralta54642 at http://ripr.orgPresident Obama To Unveil Tough Proposal Targeting Greenhouse Gaseshttp://ripr.org/post/president-obama-unveil-tough-proposal-targeting-greenhouse-gases
Calling it the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken to combat climate change," President Obama said his administration would unveil the final version of a proposal aimed at curbing the amount of carbon pollution put out by power plants.<p>NPR's Scott Horsley reports that the new regulations are actually tougher than the ones unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/06/02/318151240/epa-to-unveil-new-proposal-targeting-greenhouse-gases">in a draft proposal in June of 2014</a>.<p>Two big numbers: The regulations require that poSun, 02 Aug 2015 14:18:00 +0000Eyder Peralta54641 at http://ripr.orgPresident Obama To Unveil Tough Proposal Targeting Greenhouse Gases25 Years In Iraq, With No End In Sight http://ripr.org/post/25-years-iraq-no-end-sight
It started so well. When Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, the United States swiftly cobbled together a broad coalition, unleashed a stunning new generation of air power and waged a lightning ground offensive that lasted all of four days. Iraqi troops were so desperate to quit that some surrendered to Western journalists armed only with notebooks.<p>Kuwait was liberated, U.S. commander <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/27/norman-schwarzkopf-obit/1795095/" target="_blank">Gen.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 12:59:00 +0000Greg Myre54640 at http://ripr.org25 Years In Iraq, With No End In Sight More Plane Debris Washes Up On Réunion Islandhttp://ripr.org/post/more-plane-debris-washes-r-union-island
More debris has washed on shore of the French Island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean.<p>From Paris, reporter Jake Cigainero tells our Newscast unit that French authorities believe the debris could be linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.<p>Jake filed this report:<p><blockquote><p>"Taking a Sunday morning stroll on the beach in La Réunion, walkers stumbled upon mangled metallic debris with what appears to be a type of door handle.<p>"Authorities believe the piece of metal could belong to flight MH370, which disappeared in March last year en route from Kuala Lampur to Beijing.<p>Sun, 02 Aug 2015 12:41:00 +0000Eyder Peralta54637 at http://ripr.orgMore Plane Debris Washes Up On Réunion Island